Robert Slater is the bestselling author of 30 books, including Jack Welch and the GE Way, Saving Big Blue, The Eye of the Storm, and Microsoft Rebooted.

Preface Chapter 1 The World's Greatest Investor Chapter 2 A Boy and his Parents Chapter 3 The Cellars of Budapest Chapter 4 Like Freud or Einstein Chapter 5 The Blind Leading the Blind Chapter 6 Fascinated by Chaos Chapter 7 Invest First and Investigate Later Chapter 8 Putting My Money Where My Mouth Was Chapter 9 A Quantum Leap Chapter 10 The Identity Crisis Chapter 11 The Imperial Circles Chapter 12 Killing of a Lifetime Chapter 13 Philosophical Speculator Chapter 14 A Cheap Price for Freedom Chapter 15 An Urge to Reveal Oneself Chapter 16 The Big Crash Chapter 17 It Takes Courage to Be a Pig Chapter 18 Taming the Snake Chapter 19 "The One-Way Bet" Chapter 20 Black Wednesday Chapter 21 King of the Hedge Funds Chapter 22 The Guru Chapter 23 A Common Virus Known as Hubris Chapter 24 I'm a Hungarian Jew Chapter 25 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Chapter 26 Mr. Soros Goes to Washington Chapter 27 Richer Than 42 Countries Chapter 28 A Shift Toward America Chapter 29 Financial Woes and a Foretaste of Politics Chapter 30 George Bush in Soros's Crosshairs Chapter 31 Investor, Philanthropist, Philosopher, and 79 Years Old Notes Index